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5 days ago · Archaeologists in Paris have identified a mysterious skeleton discovered beneath the Notre-Dame Cathedral as Joachim du Bellay, a renowned French Renaissance poet who died in 1560.
2 days ago · The devastating 2019 fire, which saw the Notre-Dame's roof and spire go up in flames, led archeologists in Paris to uncover the mysterious coffins. One of the skeletons was quickly identified as ...
5 days ago · During a restoration campaign a fire broke out on April 15, 2019, in the cathedral’s attic, and the massive blaze destroyed most of the roof, Viollet-le-Duc’s 19th-century spire, and some of the rib vaulting.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
4 days ago · PARIS, FRANCE—According to a Live Science report, human remains found in a sealed lead coffin beneath the nave of Notre Dame Cathedral have been identified as the French Renaissance poet Joachim ...
5 days ago · The literal translation of “Notre Dame” is “Our Lady.”. On April 15, 2019, the whole world wept along with Our Lady as we watched, with horror, the unthinkable, calamitous destruction of the great shrine to our heavenly Mother.
4 days ago · A fire in April 2019 caused serious damage and forced the cathedral to close for five years; it is planned to reopen on 8 December 2024. The cathedral is a widely recognized symbol of the city of Paris and the French nation. In 1805, it was awarded honorary status as a minor basilica.
3 days ago · After the fire in 2019, the question arose of bringing the “crown of light” back to the Paris cathedral. “I personally would have liked to have it reinstalled in Notre Dame as part of this restoration, out of loyalty to Viollet-le-Duc,” Philippe Villeneuve, France’s chief architect for historic monuments, told OSV News.
